THE POTENTIALITY THINKING DEVELOPMENT OF CHILD CARE TAKERS IN RAYONG, CHANTHABURI AND TRAT

Abstract

     The purposes of this research were to study the thinking skills of child care takers and to develop thinking skills of child care takers in the Rayong, Chanthaburi and Trat. The sample was 40 child care takers in Rayong, Chanthaburi and Trat. The research consisted of 2 phases: 1) the development of thinking skills consisting of 3 steps; (1) develop thinking skills, (2) preliminary field study of the thinking skills and (3) analyse and revise of the thinking skills, and 2) the conclusion of the research results.

     The findings were as follows:

     1. The potentiality thinking development’ s child care takers in Rayong, Chanthaburi and Trat to develop thinking skills, they learned and practiced from the real situations. The Arends’s thinking skills (2001: 362-366) was to develop thinking skills of child care takers, they were participate in the process of developed their thinking skills, have developed a knowledge of their own roles and the others. They learned to practice in various forms, to work in the groups, teamworks, to difference in thought and they were feeling in the activity groups: positive thinking and negative thinking.

     2. From the potentiality thinking development’ s child care takers, they were devided into 2 groups. The first group applies to develop the thinking skills through feeling within the group and the second group applies to develop the thinking skills through the life skills and problem-solving skills within the group.